Accident and Emergency Departments

Adrian Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to reimburse accident and emergency departments for the treatment costs incurred in treating patients from other NHS trust areas.

Ben Bradshaw: Under the payment by results arrangements, NHS Trusts with accident and emergency departments are reimbursed for the patients they treat, regardless of where the patient lives.

Polyclinics

Desmond Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the consultation on GP-led health centres and polyclinics will begin.

Ben Bradshaw: We have consistently emphasised to SHAs and PCTs the need for strong public and clinical engagement in making decisions on the location of these new services and on the range of services they provide.
	The precise scope and nature of the consultation process should be determined locally.